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Monday, December 25, 2006
Watched "Confession of Pain" today, supposedly with Mel and Abrial but Mel had to accompany LY to settle some issues.. So, we wasted 1 ticket.. Anyway, hope LY is feeling better now=)
This thriller is quite similar to Infernal Affairs...Those of you who liked the trilogy should like this film too! It was a little confusing in the beginning cos there were quite a signifcant number of shots that seemed to appear out of sequence, but they all fall into place and it all makes sense towards the ending. The actors (Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chapman To) and actresses (Shu Qi & Xu Jinglei) put up pretty good performances, especially Chapman To who added some much needed humour in this otherwise solemn film. Kudos to the man! Somehow or other, Shu Qi's character seemed like a replica of her characters in other movies. Wonder if she may have been stereotyped as a idyallic personality that she has always been casted in such roles. Kinda bored of her acting style.
Here's the synopsis of the movie...
Synopsis: In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei (TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI) feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror. When his father-in-law, the billionaire benefactor Chau, is gruesomely murdered in his palatial mansion, he enlists the assistance of his former partner turned private detective, Bong (TAKESHI KANESHIRO).
On the surface, the murder smacks of a vendetta that has taken a lifetime to fulfill. But no sooner has Bong agreed to crack the case with Hei than he realizes nothing is what it appears to be. Undoubtedly, they are after a monster in a perfect crime: every detail was meticulously orchestrated, every motive conveniently justifiable, and every culprit and potential witness mysteriously eliminated.
But Bong has his own demon to fight. Ever since the suicide of his pregnant girlfriend, he has lost his joie de vivre, even though he still retains the finest instincts of a man hunter. As he digs deeper and deeper into the case, all evidence seems to point to Chau’s daughter and Hei’s hysterical wife, Susan. But then the killer ups the ante by murdering Susan as well. Bong starts grappling with the suspicion that the man they hunt is someone very close to them, someone on the verge of a total breakdown.
Like lost souls in a city of fallen angels, the cop, the private detective, and the killer are doing what they must. Every step of their journey takes them closer and closer to one another, until a shocking denouement in which no stone is left unturned and no one can escape unscathed.
The movie stirred up my emotions, and as I pondered over the character's struggles, I realised something...
How does it feel like to lose everything in a day? I believe that we will never be able to fully empathise with someone who has lost everything until it actually befall upon us. Can hatred for someone last a lifetime? Even if it can last a lifetime, should it? Doesn't he realise that by hating someone so deeply, his own life practically revolves around someone who doesn't deserve his attention and energy? He wants the perpetrator to have a taste of what it feels like to lose everything but how is that suppose to heal his wound? By gloating over it?
It's not as simple as that.
Even if he managed to plot against the enemy successfully, no matter how meticulous he had been in covering his tracks, the burden of orchestrating everything in his life according to plan as well as the guilt in hurting those around him will constantly tug at his conscience. Some day, the truth will come to light and everything will come to nought. He will lose eveything... for the second time... because of the same person. The difference? He bought it upon himself.
It is never that simple.
Revenge will not heal a wound.
The only way is to forgive.
